When you receive your new Mustang seat, you should know that you have not purchased a motorcycle seat that came off an assembly line. You are the owner of a seat that was made by one of our Mustang “seat assemblers” at our factory in Three Rivers, MA. While Mustang has different departments within our factory that create our baseplates, foams and covers, the actual “assembly” of these three seat components are the responsibility of a “seat assembler”. Oscar Medina takes great pride in assembling all the elements together so that they will become a well made, comfortable and good looking seat.

Oscar came to Mustang with an upholstery background, having worked at his uncle’s company for three years building restaurant booths. He enjoyed building the restaurant booths and was quite good at it, so building motorcycle seats seemed like a perfect fit for him and Mustang!

Oscar is a dedicated family man, who dotes on his one-year old son Oscar, Jr., describing him as a “mini-me”. Since family is very important to him and his partner Karla, they try to do activities that are family oriented, such as attending church, fishing and other outdoor activities. Maybe that is why he feels the best thing about Mustang is the people he works with: everyone is like one big family at the factory. In fact, Oscar and his family like the quaint New England town of Three Rivers so much that they may move there in the near future.

Oscar takes a lot of pride in his work and hopes Mustang customers enjoy riding on their seats as much as he enjoys building them.

How could Mustang improve on their growing line of low, lean but still comfortable Wide TripperTM seat styles? By introducing them in Mustang’s new distressed brown, ultra premium vinyl for a distinctively cool, worn-leather look!

The fully adjustable driver backrest removes easily without tools and folds flat so you can still comfortably swing your leg over to mount your bike. The 14” wide solo fits 2008-up FL models and is shipped complete with a matching mini bib plus chrome mounting hardware to give it a finished look for one-up riding. The matching passenger seat is 11.5” wide.

Mustang’s Wide Tripper Distressed Brown Solo with Driver Backrest is $489; the matching rear seat is $169. Solos are also available in black, with or without a unique diamond stitched pattern.

Mustang seats for Metric Cruisers and H-D® models are all proudly handcrafted in the USA. For more info call 800-243-1392.

I admit it. After decades of working our booth during Bike Week in Daytona, I opted for a slightly different destination this March: two weeks in Botswana and Zimbabwe. But, let me assure you, after over 30 years at Mustang, I can never stop thinking about seats and posture and back support and comfort—even if there are no motorcycles within hundreds of miles!

Our group would head out every morning at 6am with our guide but, within five minutes, I’d have a jacket rolled up and tucked behind me to support my lower back in our Toyota Land Cruiser. It took us safely through streams and elephant herds but I sure was wishing for a better seat as we bounced along rutted paths and over tree trunks. Verdict: exciting but not comfortable.

Speaking of riding, birds are really smart to hitch rides on a “moveable feast” impala while enjoying a smorgasbord of fleas, ticks, etc. One of nature’s great symbiotic relationships and looks fairly comfortable!

At my urging for a photo op, our guide squatted on a termite mound. His shoulders were a little hunched and his back should have been straighter but he had no desire to stay there very long anyway.

We never saw a hippo actually sitting but I learned that they are pretty smart. They spend most of the incredibly hot days “standing” in the water which is not only comfortably cooling but also provides buoyancy to comfortably relieve their legs and feet from holding up a couple tons all day!

This baby baboon seemed quite happy letting Mom do all the walking. Wonder if they were part of the family who ripped through the sides of one of our fellow travelers’ tent, tearing open the luggage and consuming 11 days of Imodium and Ambien? We spent the next week looking in the trees for sleepy, constipated primates….

Some days, we spent hours driving without seeing another human being. Somehow our guides were able track (as in footprints in the dirt) plus listen to the warning cries of other animals so we could have a couple leopard “spottings.” (Mandatory pun, sorry.) Now this fellow looks perfectly comfortable—full, straight spine support and a clear view of prey, including tourists (click on picture to “spot” him).

Even more difficult to find are cheetahs, but we met up with one who had been raised since being found as an orphaned new born. Mom would have been very proud of her teenager cheetah’s posture: proud, shoulders back and, when one of our group got a little too close, incredibly fast to turn and snap. We kept our distance.

When you first encounter a lion in the wild, you immediately understand why they are the King of the Jungle. Regal, self-assured and comfortable wherever they decide to sit.

A few days later near Victoria Falls, we went to a lion preserve where, after a little training, we took turns petting one of the King’s cousins. We had to carry a stick and NOT pet close to the head. A half-dozen guides were within five feet but, as comfortable as the lions were, we tourists were nervously, excitedly, thrillingly uncomfortable.

No safari is complete without the requisite ride on an elephant (I did the camel in Egypt in 2010, so this was de rigueur). A word about elephant seats: whether solo, two-up or a threesome, how the hell did Dr. Livingstone ride these creatures for months? Did I mention that it’s a long way up there and that elephants stop every five feet to eat tree branches and defecate every two minutes?

Beautiful countries, friendly people and thrilling interaction with wild animals. It was an incredible safari but not a lot of comfort to be found. Sure wish I had packed a Mustang touring seat with backrest. Maybe next time.

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